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Sinners in the hands of an angry church

Repost: originally published June 22, 2013. I no longer believe in God but this post remains important. Earlier this week, a ministry of gigantic proportions shut itself down. Exodus International was known for decades as the most prominent “ex-gay” organization in the nation. This meant they tried to make gay people become straight with counseling...

The Twice-Removed Desire

This post was originally published June 22, 2012. For an update on how I feel about Christianity now, see the post "When God Spoke to Me." This is part of the archive restoration project.  Several years ago, I wanted to want to care about following God. I didn’t care about following God,...

Two Obstacles to being a Selfless Steward

This post was re-uploaded in 2019 as part of the Archive Restoration Project. I think it shows how deeply I was attached to the idea of martyrdom seven years ago. In response to my post on being unattached to material things, I received the following comment: “I fully understand that all things belong to God,...